On June 20-21 , Coptic Solidarity held its tenth annual conference in Washington, DC. I moderated and participated in a panel titled "Radical Islamic Institutions in Egypt: Can They be Reformed?" My co-panelists were Sheikh Mohamad Tawhidi -- more popularly known as the Imam of Peace -- a leading Muslim reformer and outspoken critic of Islamic intolerance, and Brother … [Read more...]
“WORLD TAKE NOTE!”: Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
Gatestone Institute Muhammadu Buhari, the Muslim president of Nigeria—who reached that position in part thanks to Barack H. Obama—continues to fuel the “genocide” of Christians in his nation, according to Nigerian Christian leaders. Most recently, Father Valentine Obinna, a priest of the Aba diocese of Nigeria, attributed the ongoing slaughter of Christians to the … [Read more...]
“Convert, Marry Me, or Die”: Muslim Persecution of Christians, July 2019
Gatestone Institute Slaughter of Christians Syria: Islamic jihadis gang-raped a 60-year-old Christian woman before stoning her to death. When no one in Yaqoubiya, a small Christian village in Idlib governorate, saw Susan Grigor (or “Gregory”) on July 9, the worried priest sent parishioners to search for her. They eventually found her mangled and bloodied … [Read more...]
The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs
Note: The following is a book review of The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs by Martin Mosebach. A shorter version was first published by the Middle East Quarterly (Fall 2019, Vol. 26, No. 4). To learn as much as possible of the 21 Coptic Christians martyred for refusing to recant their faith at the hands of the Islamic State (“ISIS”) on the shores of … [Read more...]
Ibrahim on Steel on Steel: Christian Persecution, Mexican Border, Political Correctness, and More
I was recently interviewed on Steel on Steel with John Loeffler. "Coptic Christian persecution in Egypt, Islamic terrorists at our southern border, the different perceptions of moderate and radical Muslims, and the political correctness that keeps us from getting at the truth," were among some of the topics we discussed in the 30-minute interview, which can be … [Read more...]